SoHo church shootout

The SoHo church shootout occurred in the spring of 2008 when the Albanian Mob ambushed the funeral procession of slain Deputy NYPD Commissioner Francis McReary as it left the Catholic church in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City for the Roosevelt Island cemetery, hoping to kill Irish Mob member Patrick McReary and hitman Niko Bellic. The Albanians wanted to avenge the Irish Mob's actions against them earlier that year, as the Ancelotti crime family blamed the Albanians for the Irish Mob's murders of Anthony Spoleto and Frankie Garone and ceased to use the Albanians as their muscle. Several Albanian hitmen attempted to ambush the funeral procession as it began to leave, but Patrick McReary and Niko Bellic managed to kill all of the attackers and drive the hearse to Roosevelt Island without the Albanians killing them.